Table of Contents
Preface
Preface to The Eagle Feather 2008
Gloria C. Cox, Editor-in-Chief, Honors College & Department of Political Science, College of Arts and Sciences
Susan Brown Eve, Editor, Honors College & Department of Applied Gerontology and Department of Sociology, College of Public Affairs and Community Service
Scholars Day Keynote Address 2008
Daniel Taylor, Department of Psychology, College of Arts and Sciences
Undergraduate Scholar Articles
International Policies and Politics
The Evolution of Japan’s Foreign Policy
Winner – Undergraduate Expository Writing Award, 2007-08
Faculty Senate Writing Awards Committee
Kristyn Admire, International Studies Program, College of Arts and Sciences & Honors College
The First World War: American Ideals and Wilsonian Idealism in Foreign Policy
Karis R. Durant, Department of Political Science, College of Arts and Sciences & Honors College
Faculty Mentor:
Randolph “Mike” Campbell, Department of History, College of Arts and Sciences
For-profit Versus Nonprofit Microfinance: How Are the Poor Affected?
Brian R. Weinberg, Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures, College of Arts and Sciences; Department of Finance, College of Business Administration; Honors College
Faculty Mentors:
Gloria Cox, Department of Political Science College of Arts and Sciences & Honors College;
Michael McPherson, Department of Economics, College of Arts and Sciences
Discussion of the Validity of a Guest Worker Program in the United States
Melissa MacNeil, International Studies Program, College of Arts and Sciences & Honors College
Faculty Mentor:
David Hartman, Department of Anthropology, College of Public Affairs and Community Service
Mosquito Hall: Ethnic Labels and Social Injustices Within the Public School System
Daniel Moses, Department of Sociology, College of Public Affairs and Community Service
Faculty Mentor:
Mariela Nuñez-Janes, Department of Anthropology, College of Public Affairs and Community Service
Market Evolution: Marketing to the Mexican American Female
Bethany Evins-Ketron Department of English and Department of Political Science, College of Arts and Sciences & Honors College
Faculty Mentor:
Susan Brown Eve, Department of Applied Gerontology and Department of Sociology, College of Public Affairs and Community Service & Honors College
Health and Healthcare
Peace Nwegbo, Department of Psychology, College of Arts and Sciences & Honors College
Faculty Mentor:
Charles A. Guarnaccia, Department of Psychology, College of Arts and Sciences
Caring for Indigent Infants in Denton County in Relation to Dallas and Tarrant Counties in Texas
Scott Grant, Department of Mathematics, College of Arts and Sciences & Honors College
Faculty Mentors:
Susan Brown Eve, Department of Applied Gerontology and Department of Sociology, College of Public Affairs and Community Service & Honors College;
Gloria Cox, Department of Political Science, College of Arts and Sciences & Honors College
Smoking, Secondhand Smoke, and Quitting: A Cessation Program
Brandi Settegast, Department of Biological Sciences, College of Arts and Sciences & Honors College
Faculty Mentor:
Susan Brown Eve, Department of Applied Gerontology and Department of Sociology, College of Public Affairs and Community Service & Honors College
The Geography of Cerebrovascular Disease in Texas
Chris Feltus, Department of Geography, College of Arts and Sciences
Faculty Mentor:
Joseph R. Oppong, Department of Geography, College of Arts and Sciences
Gastric Cancers in Texas: Are Nitrates the Problem?
Steve Mlinarich, Department of Geography, College of Arts and Sciences
Faculty Mentor:
Joseph R. Oppong, Department of Geography, College of Arts and Sciences
Lignite Deposits and Kidney and Renal Pelvic Cancers in Texas 1980–1998
Harvey Guthrey, Department of Geography, College of Arts and Sciences
Faculty Mentor:
Joseph R. Oppong, Department of Geography, College of Arts and Sciences
Science and Art
The Look of Sound: Acoustic Cancellation in Architecture
Cameron McCord, Department of Engineering Technology, College of Engineering & Honors College
Faculty Mentor:
Samuel Matteson, Department of Physics, College of Arts and Sciences
Math Anxiety in Fundamentals of Algebra Students
Sara Draznin, Department of Mathematics, College of Arts and Sciences & Honors College
Faculty Mentor:
Neal Brand, Department of Mathematics, College of Arts and Sciences
Thomas Kinkade’s Landscape of Commodity: A Critical Analysis on the Status of the Artist
Varya Ignatchenko, Department of Art History, College of Visual Arts and Design & Honors College
Faculty Mentor:
Dr. Jennifer Way, Department of Art History, College of Visual Arts and Design
Proceedings of the Department of Anthropology’s National Science Foundation Summer Research Methods Program at the University of North Texas
Guest Editors:
Shimaa Y. Dessouky and L. Danyel Rios, Department of Anthropology, College of Public Affairs and Community Service
The “Real” New Orleans: Perceptions of Katrina Survivors
Vadal A. Bolds, Department of Anthropology, Emory University
Faculty Mentor:
Nicole Dash, Department of Sociology, College of Public Affairs and Community Service, University of North Texas
Self-Identity Among African American Women
Andrina J. Jackson, Department of Anthropology and Department of Sociology, College of Public Affairs and Community Service, University of North Texas
Faculty Mentor:
Beverly Davenport, Department of Anthropology, College of Public Affairs and Community Service, University of North Texas
Sharaya Llanes, Department of English, University of Hawaii at Manoa
Faculty Mentor:
Leslie Patterson, Department of Teacher Education and Reading, College of Education, University of North Texas
Cubans in Texas and My Anthropological Journey
Jason Vega, Department of English, Florida State University
Faculty Mentor:
Doug Henry, Department of Anthropology, College of Public Affairs and Community Service, University of North Texas
Puerto Rican Feminist Discourse: Culture through Narratives
Magaly Velazquez, Department of Anthropology, State University of New York at Purchase
Faculty Mentor:
Sandra Spencer, Women’s Studies Program, College of Arts and Sciences, University of North Texas
Joy Straley, Department of Geography, College of Arts and Sciences & Ronald E. McNair Post-Baccalaureate Achievement Program, University of North Texas
Faculty Mentor:
Paul Hudak, Department of Geography, College of Arts and Sciences, University of North Texas
Indian Immigrants’ Experiences with Health Care
Aleina LaBrake, Department of Anthropology, Hartwick College
Faculty Mentor:
Doug Henry, Department of Anthropology, College of Public Affairs and Community Service, University of North Texas
Alexander T. Williams, Department of Anthropology and Department of Sociology, College of Public Affairs and Community Service, University of North Texas
Faculty Mentor:
Gabe Ignatow, Department of Sociology, College of Public Affairs and Community Service, University of North Texas